Clarion 1980-04-25 Vol 55 No 22

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Dennis Johnson (right) has been actively campaigning since Feb-ruary
in his home district, in central Minnesota.
Steve Friddle, Paul Dvirnak, Tracy Holland and Rick Nelson
will scale Mount McKinley to raise funds for Southeast Asian
refugees.
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Vol 55, No. 22 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN April 25, 1980
Dennis Johnson fought to a vir-tual
draw with incumbent Glen
Sherwood at the Independent-Re-publican
endorsing convention for
state representative Saturday,
April 12 in Park Rapids.
Johnson, who completed his
Bethel course work in January,
and Sherwood went to ten ballots
at the convention before it was de-cided
not to endorse either candi-date.
Sherwood had earlier announc-ed
his retirement but changed his
mind just weeks before the conven-tion.
The eight-year veteran of the
House led on the first ballot,
The Red Cross needs blood do-nors,
and the Bethel community
will again be given a chance to
show its generosity at the spring
blood drive Monday, April 28,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gym.
The Red Cross plans to increase
the bed capacity by eight, and Be-thel
has pledged 300 units, 30
more than the last blood drive.
Because several are usually turned
away for various reasons, more
than 300 donors need to sign up to
ensure reaching the goal. Unfor-
128-116, but fell short of the 60
per cent needed to endorse.
On the second ballot Johnson
overtook Sherwood 127-121, and
by the fourth ballot Johnson was
within six votes of the endorse-ment,
leading 150-110.
At this point, however, John-son's
momentum waned and he
lost ground. "We still haven't fi-gured
out why," he said.
After the tenth ballot Sherwood
led again by just eight votes and
the delegates decided not to en-dorse
a candidate.
"It was an exciting convention
and an exciting day," said John-son.
"I was pleased that we con-tunately,
those who received the
measles vaccine cannot give blood
at this drive.
"We welcome walk-ins," said
Co-chairman Carolyn Olson,
"but you can avoid long waits by
signing up in advance with an
R.A. or down by the p.o.'s."
Donors may designate that their
blood may be given to a specific
person, but to avoid confusion,
the donor should be able to give
the recipient's address and hospi-tal
name.
"The Red Cross counts on Be-thel
to give a lot of blood," said
Olson, "and they are pleased with
the efficiency and enjoyable con-ditions.
This is usually a fun day
for them."
Lori Swanson is the other co-chairman.
Helen Gutsche and
Steve Jarabeck are in charge of
getting the medical personnel, and
those in charge of sign ups are
Tenley Ireland, Marge Tidman,
Laurie Lindahl and Ruth Oliver.
Kevin Walton will head the set-up
crew.
sistently carried three of the five
counties in the district."
Johnson has campaigned full-time
since February in his home
district, 4B, in north-central Min-nesota.
The next step is to decide whe-ther
to pursue the House seat in
the primary election, without en-dorsement,
in early September.
Johnson has been encouraged by
several party leaders to drop out
of the race, as a split party would
hurt whichever candidate wins the
primary.
Johnson will decide within a
week whether to continue his pur-suit
of the House seat.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Minnesota weather can often be
unpredictable, especially in the
winter, but not nearly as unpre-dictable
as the weather on top of
Mt. McKinley. In mid-June, wea-ther
on the mountain may range
from a breezy 70 degrees above
zero, to a biting 40 degrees below,
with winds of over 100 mph.
That's what a team of four men—
two of them Bethel seminarians—
must face in early summer, as they
attempt to ascend 20,320-foot Mt.
McKinley.
Their purpose and goal - is to
raise $203,200, or $10 for each
foot of the mountain, all of which
will go to aid refugees in S.E.
Asia. World Vision International,
a Christian humanitarian agency,
will receive funds and distribute
relief goods to refugees in Cambo-dia,
Thailand and other areas.
Each of the four men in the
team has had extensive wilderness
or climbing experience in the wes-tern
part of the U.S. Steve Frid-dle,
a former mountaineering in-structor,
is the team's 22-year-old
leader.
Paul Dvirnak, 24, and Tracy
Holland, also 24, are first-year
students at Bethel Seminary. Twen-ty-
year-old Rick Nelson is the
team's fourth member. He has
been attending the University of
Minnesota-Duluth as a business
administration major, while Frid-dle
has been enrolled in the Uni-versity
of Minnesota School of
Journalism. Both have dropped
out for the climb.
The team has been planning the
trip for the past two years. "We
will take one of the more difficult
routes up the mountain, one call-ed
the 'Western Rib,"' said Paul
Dvirnak.
Mt. McKinley is the highest
peak in North America, but is the
highest mountain from its base to
its summit, which measures 13,320
feet.
"We plan to leave here June 10
and stop for about a week to
climb Mt. Robson in British Co-lumbia,
to help prepare ourselves
for Mt. McKinley," Dvirnak
said. The team plans to arrive in
Talkeetna, Alaska on June 23,
and from there will fly to the
southwest fork of the Kahiltna
Glacier, which is the starting point
for all parties climbing the south
side of the mountain.
The group will travel up the gla-cier
on skis, carrying all of their
equipment and supplies. The team
will be roped together as they tra-vel
from the airplane landing site,
to ensure safety on the glacier. The
route's challenge will involve dif-ficult
climbing at lower elevations,
with the arctic cold, wind and
scarce oxygen at higher altitudes.
When the group reaches the
18,200-foot-point, they will make
their final summit push. Even
though they will be only 2,120 feet
from the summit, the thin air will
make the climb strenuous. The
climbers will have to rest after
each step, taking four or five
breaths.
"The trip should take us 13 to
14 days," Dvirnak said, "but if
we run into a storm, or have to
stop because of illness, it may take
us as long as four weeks." The
group will have enough food for
30 days.
The team is currently training at
the Twin Cities Sports and Health
Clubs, "They're underwriting our
personal expenses for the climb,"
Dvirnak said, "so all of the mon-ey
donated to World Vision will
go directly to the refugees. None
of it will be used to pay our ex-penses."
World Vision has been sending
information about the climb to
40,000 churches in 14 midwestern
states, encouraging support for
the project.
Dvirnak said the trip has a two-fold
purpose: "It's a climb for us,
and provides a different ministry
of aid to the refugees."
Peak climbers go for $10 a foot
IR endorsement eludes Johnson
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brought his pet back after
Spring break.
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Socialization causes role differences
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editorial
Hunger knowledge
demands action Since last spring, members of the Christian Discipleship Coalition
(CDC) at Bethel have worked to develop an awareness of world prob-lems
and the Christian's responsibility in the world. This year, the main
focus of the CDC has been the Hunger Awareness Conference, held
last weekend at Bethel.
The conference included workshops, some led by Bethel faculty,
plenary sessions, a simple dinner in keeping with the theme of the con-ference,
and two chapels. Many speakers came from outside Bethel, in-cluding
Terrence Martin from the President's Commission on World
Hunger, Jean Thomas from Voice of Calvary, and Mark Olson, co-editor
of "The Other Side" magazine.
Those who worked on the conference, students, faculty and staff, are
to be commended for the many hours of organizing and publicizing.
Their goal was to increase awareness of world hunger, and to find ways
Christians can help alleviate hunger. The quality of the speakers was ex-cellent,
and the workshops were informative and thought-provoking.
Faculty adviser of the conference Don Postema said the registration
for the conference totaled 80-85 people, and 75-80 attended the general
sessions. Workshops, which were offered in three time slots, with five
in each slot, were "generally well-attended" according to Postema, with
12-15 in most sessions.
Although the greatest percentage of people in attendance were Bethel
students, it is unfortunate that more Bethel students either could or
would not attend at least part of the conference. While it is true that the
success of the conference does not depend on the number of people pre-sent,
the main purpose of the conference was to inform and involve
Bethel students.
Perhaps the conference came at a busy time of year. That would excuse
some of us. The beautiful weather also competed with workshop
leaders, especially 9 a.m. workshops which were those with the lowest
attendance.
Those who missed the conference missed interaction in workshops
between people inside and outside of the Bethel community: interaction
which was quite positive. We would hope that such conferences can con-tinue
at Bethel: conferences in which Bethel students can interact with
students and non-students from outside Bethel. This conference at-tracted
students from St. Thomas, St. Olaf, and the University who
shared Bethel's concern with the problems of world hunger.
We hope that this conference is just the beginning or continuation of
Bethel's active role in the community. As a Christian liberal arts college,
we should be leaders and an example for the community. We need to in-vite
the community into our hallowed halls to share ideas and interact
with us. We need to demonstrate our concern about hunger and other
important issues. One suggestion that came up at the conference was
that Bethel could offer emergency food relief to hungry people in our
area. As Postema put it, we need to show that we are not "closet Protes-tants,
or hermits bound up in our fortress in Arden Hills."
Speakers and workshop leaders encouraged their audience to par-ticipate
in organizations such as the Minnesota Food Coalition and
Bread for the World. Both publish newsletters to inform readers of
needs. Bread for the World, a political lobbying organization, gives
readers information on issues that they can write their Congressman
about.
Those involved in the conference still have a responsibility to inform
the rest of the Bethel community of what they have learned from the
conference and how Bethel as an institution and we as inviduals can be
socially aware and active. We can practice living a simpler lifestyle, we
can start or help with existing food cupboards in our churches or at
Bethel or help hungry people in our own community.
We would hope that those who did not attend the conference are not
apathetic, but would follow the intiators. We can sit in Bible classes,
political science classes, sociology classes and chapel and soak up all
that the teachers and speakers have to offer us without acting. Or we
can seek avenues to help those less fortunate that we are.
The first step has been taken by many: they have become aware. The
next step is to act: to live responsibly for God's glory. We at Bethel need
to be stewards in the world as well as students in Arden Hills. the Clarion Vol. 55, No. 21 Bethel College April 25, 1980
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Dear Editor, tative anthropological data, data
I am writing in reaction to two on sex differences, and data on
recent experiences on campus: the sex role development indicate that
paper presented in the Depart- what differences do exist appear
ment of Philosophy's Veritas and to be primarily a result of
the Mollenkott presentations. socialization processes.
Both of these focused on Chris- The work by Goldberg (1973)
tian feminism. mentioned at Veritas as arguing
First, I desire to correct a for inevitable male/female
misconception which appeared to behavioral differences is neither
be prevalent among those atten- representative or considered credi-ding
Veritas. This misconception ble by most involved in this area
was that differences across gender of research. This is not the proper
(sex) are generally accepted to be forum for an inundation of em-inherent
by both the public and pirical and theoretical evidence
scientific communities. Credible supporting my above claims;
support for this position does not however, I can easily so inundate
exist. Consistent and represen- any interested individual who con-
Dear Editor, week, a bag of gym clothes re-moved
from the hallway.
This summer I attended a Chris- I realize the clothes were dirty,
tian retreat with my parents at but I don't think they have reach-
Green Lake, Wisconsin. The ga- ed the crawling stage. You would
thering basically consisted of pas- think by now I might have learned
tors, their wives and other church my lesson. But who wants to live
leaders. Some very good speakers in a world of "locked door-pulled
were present, but I remember a blinds paranoia?" It would be
very different message that mani- nice to trust someone, especially
fested itself through action. those who claim to be "Chris-
There was a newspaper rack set tians."
in the entrance of the cafeteria. It The realization comes however,
was one of those "honesty" racks that I can't and that scares me,
where it is not necessary to deposit and not for the reason that right
money in order to get the paper. now some of my books are lying
You simply removed the paper out in the hall, or that I left my car
and were expected to put the mon- unlocked.
ey in a tube set on the side. One It scares me because stealing is
night the money collected from only one manifestation of dishon-the
tube amounted to 60 cents. 50 esty that pervades Bethel College.
papers had been removed from How about academic dishonesty,
the rack. excuses to professors for turning
Perhaps you are as disgusted by in a late paper, or putting pennies
this story as I am. After all, the in the Space Invaders machine?
people stealing those newspapers (Before I start sounding preachy
were church leaders. It seems that let me plead guilty to the latter.)
Bethel College is not immune to We live in a society that makes
thievery either. movies about crooks who are
In three semesters I have had a cute, bumbling, understandable,
coat stolen from the cafeteria, a and sometimes heroic. (i.e. "The
watch and wallet taken out of my
coat in the gym, and, just last See p. 3
tacts me.
Second, despite Mollenkott's
definition of Christian feminism
as primarily focused on God's
righteousness/justice, many peo-ple
on Bethel's campus refused to
listen and consider her arguments
simply because she claimed to be a
"feminist." The shallow thinking
and close-mindedness evident in
such reasoning have no place in a
"Christian Learning
Community." Lest many of you
simply shrug off Mollenkott's
words on mutuality and equality
and return to the security of
stereotyped roles, let me continue
to stir you up. I am an evangelical
(quite conservative in my Biblical
interpretation), male, and a
feminist. That is, I believe that
equality of personhood does not
currently exist across gender, and
that this is in violation of God's
will.
Moreover, I do not simply
argue for abolishing status dif-ferences
between male and
female, but for a complete
refocusing of attention away from
gender — at least as the major
definer of a person. The tradi-tional
(not Biblical) evangelical
approach of assigning
characteristics, interests, roles,
and taboos to people simply on
the basis of their external genitalia
is ludicrous; it denies individual
differences and precludes the
possibility of well functioning, in-tegrated
body of individual
members.
In closing, I want to make a
general exhortation (directed to
myself, as well). Any issue should
be evaluated and re-evaluated
continually. We should never feel
that we have arrived at the
answer, particularly, on those
issues where varying interpreta-tions
of scripture exist. Consider-ing
our finite minds, such absolu-tism
"smacks of" arrogance.
Sincerely,
M. Roe
Department of Psychology
March 24, 1980
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Lifestyle includes less obvious vices
by Tim Wilbee
Vancouver Bible College, long a
part of the Baptist General Con-ference,
was sold early last month.
The college represented the BGC
in British Columbia, Canada for
twenty years.
The announcement of the sale
followed shortly after the close of
the school in the fall of 1978. The
final graduating class was in the
spring of that year. Some of those
students now attend Bethel Se-minary.
Vancouver Bible College (VBC)
was Bethel's "sister school" and
for the last three years of its exis-tence
was the responsibility of the
Board of Regents. The Board, al-so
responsible for Bethel, tried to
integrate it into the higher educa-tion
system of the conference. The
Bible college, with an emphasis on
Biblical training for laymen, pro-vided
a different dimension to go
along with the existing seminary
and liberal arts schools.
Bethel President Carl Lund-quist
was called upon to take part
in the decision to close VBC in his
role as executive secretary of the
Board of Regents. He stated that
he was deeply sorry to see the end
of the college but saw no way out
of its financial dilemma. A cumu-lative
debt of almost a million dol-lars
was primarily responsible for
its demise and the Board of Re-gents
saw no other alternative but
to close it.
letters
from p. 2
Sting," "Going In Style," "Fun
With Dick and Jane," etc.) Let
me say that dishonesty is not
harmless fun, nor is it Christian.
I wrote this letter, in part, be-cause
I am tired and disgusted
with rip-offs. I also wrote it be-cause
I realized that I was part of
what I found disgusting. It is only
through my efforts and yours that
we can make Bethel College an ef-fective
community.
I have found this area a special
concern and hope that some of us
will make an effort to be honest
with ourselves and others.
Matt Weber
by Steve Lovestrand
first in a series
Lifestyle: the watchword at Be-thel.
What exactly is it? Why is it
that way? What is the student's
part in enforcement? Steve
Lovestrand analyzes these ques-tions
in a four-part series begin-ning
this week.
I can't say I always keep the
Bethel lifestyle. Quite simply
because I don't. But before you
go running to Marilyn, Charlie or
Mack with the news, let me ex-plain.
That doesn't mean I've been
down to Uncle Sam's lately to
The finances from the sale paid
off the red ink from the VBC
operation and left about $200,000
which will be used for the theolo-gical
education of Canadian stu-dents.
Laurie Blair, senior organ stu-dent,
will continue Bethel's series
of rug concerts on the new Moller
organ May 1, in FA 430.
The series began with an April
10 concert by Jean Christian and
"dance the night away." And
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas... and
the taste of champagne," but I
haven't had either lately. Nor can
the "Lung Cancer Lament" be
sung for me. I can't even be accus-ed
of "Cocaine runnin' all around
my brain."
Now you're probably wonder-ing,
"then what have you been
doing?" I think that illustrates
how the lifestyle is commonly con-ceived
by the typical student. Ask
a student, especially a freshman
(sorry, freshmen), what the
lifestyle policy is, and he or she
may respond with something like,
"Don't dance, don't
drink...don't smoke... um, and
don't take drugs."
Some may include housing
regulations, if they live on cam-pus.
One student I was talking to
about the subject said, quite
sincerely, "What else is there?
That's all I ever heard about."
Well, there's more. Far more.
You might want to dig up that
brown Student Affairs calendar
you weren't supposed to throw
away, and read the "Lifestyle Ex-pectations"
section in the back, to
see just exactly what all you're
supposed to be not doing—and
doing. You might be surprised.
It talks about lying and stealing
features 45-minute recitals of light
classics designed to acquaint the
Bethel community with the new
organ. Joellen Worrell Kloehn,
organ major graduate, and Ruth
Fardig, instructor, have also ap-peared
in concert in the series.
(if you think about it, it's easy to
convict yourself already), and
social and racial discrimination,
and materialism. Ouch.
And if that isn't enough, it
seems to find it necessary to hit
the attitudes. Pride. Bitterness.
Greed. Envy. Unforgiving spirit.
Lust. And on we go.
What about church and chapel
attendance? Personal devotions
and witnessing? And is that just
an empty, idealistic statement on
the end there, or is that a guideline
too—finding, in expressing that
choice of lifestyle, "their highest
self-fulfillment?"
If you want to dig a little fur-ther
(just in case you still feel you
haven't violated the lifestyle)
you'll find that another statement
of the lifestyle goals, the
yellowish-green "Welcome to
Bethel" pamphlet (available in the
Student Affairs Office) includes
prohibition of belittling others,
prejudice, and imprudent eating
and exercise patterns, and sum-mons
us to openness, love and
joy.
By now I'm sure I've raised
some other questions. Like, is all
that really the Official Bethel Col-lege
and Seminary Lifestyle State-ment?
I mean, are we really ex-pected
to follow all that? Yes, we
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May 8 - Cindy Reents
May 15 - C. Howard Smith
are. And I don't know what
makes something "official,"
but it's all in print and that's good
enough for me.
Let me insert a comment here.
Not only should my first state-ment
not seem so surprising now,
but it should also be clear that the
most hotly contested and most
popular portions of our Bethel
lifestyle are really not the most
important, if we think about it.
Self-righteous and condemnatory
attitudes regarding lifestyle some-how
fall by the wayside.
Back to more questions. If we
all are falling short of at least
some of those expectations, then
what's the point of having them in
the first place? Good question.
Another good question is: if we as
a community don't follow the ex-pectations
set for us, why don't
we? And if I, as a member of the
community, see another member
violating the lifestyle, what should
I do?
But there's also the question of
enforcement: is it enforced? Well,
when was the last time you heard
of someone at Bethel being disci-plined
for overeating, underexer-cising,
being materialistic, pre-judiced,
or unforgiving, or skipp-ing
chapel? We'd have trouble
breathing if 2500 people all lined
up outside Student Affairs for
counseling or discipline.
We can't expect to be disciplin-ed
by the school every time we
break the lifestyle. But that's no
surprise, really. I mean, we all
knew we could get away with our
piccadillos at least a good part of
the time. But most of us have
developed our moral reasoning far
enough so that "getting caught"
is not the only issue which deter-mines
our choices, anyway.
On the other end of the spec-trum,
there's the tendency to say,
if I'm going to break the lifestyle
anyway, why bother? It's easy to
rationalize and excuse ourselves
when we do fail to keep it, saying,
"Well, I'm not perfect and I know
I'm not going to keep the lifestyle
all the time, and neither will
anyone else, so I don't feel so
bad."
Carry this attitude far enough,
and the lifestyle policy soon
becomes totally irrelevant to one's
daily living, and by disregard is ef-fectually
discarded.
But failure to keep the lifestyle
in one area does not excuse, nor
should it encourage, failure in
another area. If we're going to try
to follow the lifestyle, let's not do
it halfheartedly or sporadically—
let's give it our best shot. And
maybe we can find, in that choice
of lifestyle, our "highest self-fulfillment."
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Seniors: don't panic
by Peter Nelson
As a senior, I feel it is my solemn duty to inform the Bethel communi-ty
of a striking development. Startling though it may be, we need to face
up to the fact that an age-old trend is spreading through the campus at
lightening speed and in epidemic proportion. With the abandon of wild
fire, it is claiming innocent victims from all corners of our community.
I, personally, am frightened.
I am sure you know the trend of which I speak. Yet, it is true; legions
of Bethel students are getting engaged.
Needless to say, the engagements of these countless masses has its ef-fect
on those of us not similarly "involved." Thus, we experience what is
known as the senior panic.
The senior panic reminds us that we are nearing (or are slightly past)
the "normal" age for marriage. It encourages us to remember that our
good friends are getting married and that we're not. It begs us to follow
the trend simply because it is a trend which is being followed.
The senior panic prompts by increasing the urgency of finding a part-ner
during the rapidly dwindling days we have at Bethel. "Where else
will you have such a fine opportunity to meet your mate?"
You don't have to be a senior to go through the senior panic
(although it does help). Anyone and everyone experiences it to some
degree. For some it brings intense anxiety and for others it is much more
tolerable. But it comes to everyone—you cannot escape it. The senior
panic is a fact of life. If it hasn't come to you yet, wait patiently—it will.
One sure way to put an abrupt end to your senior panic anxiety is to
get engaged. However, this may not be, for any one or combination of a
number of reasons (not the least of which is knowing of no one who
would marry you, a proper alternative). How then should we react to the
imminent and inevitable senior panic?
I have struggled long and hard with some very heavy questions of
marriage and singleness, and I raise them here not as an attempt to tell
what is right (for such is not mine to tell, but His), but simply to
stimulate thought on a topic we may not have dared to do anything but
laugh about.
If the following thoughts seem to devalue or belittle marriage, that is
not my intention. I simply think that marriage is much too important to
take for granted or walk into without asking ourselves and each other
some deep, hard (and perhaps painful) questions.
We've all heard that Bethel is a fine place to find a spouse, and I'm
sure this is true. Still, should I feel like I need to be engaged, or nearly
so, by the time I graduate for my Bethel experience to be a success?
And another question comes to mind: What is my goal—to love or to
marry? Am I living to find that special one or am I daring to give love
freely to all sorts of people? Am I trying to find the right person or be
the right person?
How much is my anticipation of marriage heightened by the com-ments
of well meaning relatives who say, "You'll be next. Just wait and
see." How much does what others expect me to do really determine my
behavior? How influential on my thinking is the fact that my friends are
pairing off by the score?
Perhaps college students do a little more assuming than they ought.
Should we assume that God wants us to marry in the first place. Do we
really take God's word seriously when Paul speaks of the value of
celibacy? I must ask myself, "Am I willing to follow my Lord even if he
wants me to follow him alone?"
Where do we focus in our relationships? Do we look only to our own
needs and desires, or can we see past "self" to another's best? Do we
really view close (or any) relationships as anything but another way to
get more for a hungry "self"?
Is • a preoccupation with getting married indicative of personal in-security
and a lack of authentic trust in Christ? Does the senior panic
beg us to take on responsibility we were never intended to have? When
we succomb to the senior panic, we are not trying to take God's work in-to
our own feeble hands? Is not the gift of a spouse not ours to get but
His to give?
Do we marry because we are convinced that we can serve God better
together than separately? Do we marry to please Him more, or do we
marry for some lesser reason? Does not God want his children to unite
in marriage for some better reason than the pressure of the social clock
or the assumption that we always knew we would? "Why get married?"
(seriously, not cynically) is actually a very good question.
When the senior panic comes, remember that your God is
sovereign—He is in control. He knows what is best and when it is best
for every last one of us. God is the giver of every good gift (James 1:17),
and no good thing will be withheld from those that walk uprightly
(Psalms . 84:11). Let's let Him decide what is good.
"Dr. Bob."
This is the first time Bethel has
done something like this but an
Alumni College has been success-ful
at other campuses. It will allow
the Alumni to fellowship and in-form
them about what Bethel is
like now. However the education-al
experience is the most impor-tant
reason for the college.
Alumni and their families
would be housed on campus in the
new dorms and townhouses. They
will be encouraged to bring their
families because there will be lots
of activities for children.
Drama, music, art and physical
education activities for children
will be conducted by Bethel stu-dents.
In the afternoons they will
have opportunities to visit the
zoo, go to a Twins game, or take
swimming or tennis lessons to
name a few. Babysitting will also
be available in the evening.
A family picnic and an evening
out for the adults are just a few of
the other opportunities that will
be part of the Alumni College.
Registration is $40 for children
under 12 and $80 for all others.
Housing and food will be extra.
Construction,
funds delay
new bridge .
David Lissner, director of cam-pus
development, indicated that
there are plans to put another
bridge over the Bethel creek.
"The site committee wanted two
in the first place," he said.
When this second bridge comes
to our campus depends on two
things: finding the right place to
put it and getting the money to
buy it.
This bridge will be for those go-ing
to or coming from the circle
lot. Lissner explained that it may
not be good to install it until the
AC building addition is completed
since that addition may change
current campus walking paths. He
said, "We'd hate to put a bridge
in the wrong place."
The $17,000 needed to buy and
install the first bridge came from
money donated to Bethel.
Another bridge will cost the same
or more (because of inflation),
and that kind of money is not pre-sently
available.
Lissner indicated that of the
three types of bridges, considered,
the one we have is the best. One
that was all metal and cost about
the same was rejected simply be-cause
wood was preferred. Ano-ther
one that was cheaper was re-jected
because it had a higher arch
and would not have looked right
on our campus.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday—Shepherd and
McKinley Climb AC lounge
Tuesday—Chaplain Harold
Bussell—Gordon College
Wednesday—Chaplain
William Hill—Taylor Uni-versity
Thursday—Convocation,
Herbert Brokering
Friday—Music chapel, Bob
Fornander
Trinity Baptist Church
Welcomes You
220 Edgerton Street at Hwy. 36
St. Paul, MN 55117 774-8609
Rev. Hartley Christensen
Rev. Michael Vortel
SUNDAY
8:30 AM Worship Service
9:45 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Worship Service
6:00 PM Evening Service
Bus Schedule
Old Campus 9 AM
Fountain Terrace 9:15 AM
New Campus 9:25 AM
open
column
by Carla Munson
Bethel College will enter a new
phase of its continuing education
program this year by offering an
Alumni College, July 13-18.
Bethel's Alumni College can be
described as an educational vaca-tion
for alumni and their families.
Six courses will be offered from
physical education, music, po-litical
science, philosophy, Bibli-cal
and theological studies, and
history. Each will be an hour and
fifteen minutes long. Alumni will
be able to take two of these
courses which will be taught by
Bethel faculty.
Between classes there will be an
hour long chapel with guest
speaker professor emeritus, Dr.
Bob Smith, otherwise known as
Alumni to walk hallowed halls again
Page 5
Catacombs offers refuge, solace
by Dona L. Amann
If you were to pass the recrea-tion
room at 10:15 p.m. on a Sun-day
night, you may stop and look
in out of curiosity. The flickering
light of the candles spread across
the room may catch your eye, and
songs of praise may filter out and
alert your ears.
You enter the room and join
one of the circles of people sitting
around a candle. Immediately you
feel a unity, a bond, that only Je-sus
Christ can give. As you join in
the singing, your heart fills with
excitement.
Then you hear a voice say, "We
would like you to share with us a
praise or a burden, a problem or
by Jon Van Vloten
What is a "Christian" concert?
It is a time for Christians to get
together and listen to Christians
do musical stuff. It can be soft
and melodic, abrasive and de-manding,
and even a lot of fun.
The "Amos and Randy" con-cert
was all these things and-more.
It was fun, particularly
such vignettes as the "Ramada
Inn" tune, and the Surf medley. It
was loud; particularly everything
Dan Amos played and a fair
chunk of what Amos and Randy
did together.
It was one of those blessed
oases in which you could listen to
music that you knew a gospel
team could never hope to dupli-cate.
It was loud, invigorating,
and well worth the ticket price.
Being the arch-groupie that I
am, I had to see Dan Amos before
the show, and find out what
made them tick. I found out sev-eral
things.
One: even Christian musicians
are cranky before a big show. (ex-an
answer to prayer." After hear-ing
the needs, praises and requests
of fellow students, resident direc-tors
and assistants and other peo-ple
on campus, you feel a closer
bond.
Week after week you attend this
special meeting called Catacombs.
You find yourself growing in the
Lord and learning about the var-ious
responsibilities you have to
your fellow believers. Each week
something new is emphasized, and
you learn how important caring
really is.
You learn what it means to love
as Christ loved, how you can
praise the Lord, and how you can
minister to others. You also learn
cept Stonehill, who makes Don
Knotts look laid-back.)
Two: the bass player, Marty,
used to be a BeeGee. (it's true, he
even let me feel his vocal chords.)
Three: they don't think that
they are the greatest thing to hap-pen
since George Romeros.
Four: Yes, Randy Stonehill still
drives a Granada. (it's on its last
wheel...)
Five: Christian musicians are
usually much more fun after a
concert, when the work is over.
Many will say, no doubt, that a
concert of such decibelistic pro-portions
cannot be said to be truly
glorifying to Christ. I don't know
for sure, one way or another, but I
guess if football players can claim
to hit other football players for
"the Glory of God," then maybe
Christians can play high energy
rock for the Kingdom too.
One thing for sure, though, if
God rates our works by the enthu-siasm
and energy we put into
them, Amos and Randy came out
on top.
what the effects of depression are,
and how they can tear apart the
body of Christ. But you also learn
how you can help prevent depres-sion,
and build up one another in
love.
Soon this special time comes to
an end, while melodies are still
ringing, and the lesson is still en-graved
upon your heart. Your
time together closes with a time of
prayer. After the closing prayer is
said, many people slowly filter out
to go back to dorms, townhouses,
and homes. But you still remain to
watch the candles slowly fade, and
to reflect and share with a few
others that remain what you have
learned.
Finally, you leave also, know-ing
in your heart that you have the
strength to face another day, ano-ther
week, because you have been
in the presence of the Lord, and
with Him all things are possible.
This story is a real life definition
of "Catacombs" today. The actu-al
definition of Catacombs is a
series of underground tunnels
with recesses for graves. These
were used by the Jews as a place of
refuge during the times of great
persecution.
In these underground tunnels
the Jews would hide and try to
maintain life. There they were
protected and safe, and could
worship their God in peace. Al-though
some were discovered and
persecuted, others remained and
tried to survive, living in a foreign
place with turmoil and darkness
surrounding them.
Catacombs has a special signif-icance
for us because it is our re-fuge
away from our weekly pro-blems
and pressures. It is a place
where we can come and meet God
and obtain strength and guidance
for the week ahead.
We hope that you will come and
join us this semester on Sunday
nights at 10:00 p.m., in the recrea-tion
room. Make Catacombs a re-warding
part of your college ex-perience.
Shelly
Nielsen
Groovy "good old days"
beat out dullsville 80's
by Shelly Nielsen
I'm 21 and alarmed. A month ago, the theater cashier rang up $1.20
and nonchalantly handed me a scanty bag of popcorn. I exploded into a
senile tangent.
"A dollar twenty! For this? Used to be I could buy a whole tub for 60
cents! Shee! Nothing's as good as it used to be."
Suddenly, I stopped, feeling decrepit...realizing—in horror—what I
had become: a victim of the "good old days" syndrome. Already.
Before my first tube of Polygrip.
If only things were like they used to be, I tell myself and everyone with
ears, we'd be happy. There'd be peace on earth...steaks in the freezer...
love, not war.
We hindsighted 50's babies-60's byproducts have a couple of un-disputable
maxims: Clothes used to be better. (If God had meant us to
wear designer jeans, He'd have created us all with cigarette legs.) Movies
used to be better. (How do you improve on classics? What purer artistic
entertainment than "The Tingler" and "The It From Outer Space"?)
We kids used to be better. (I'd have done anything for a Dairy Queen
"Buster Bar." We were so simple, so wholesome!)
I, personally, could spend the rest of this unpleasant decade chewing
tobacco, spitting, and telling tales about the old times when you could
buy a 3-card, 2-wad bubble gum pack for 5 cents. So my good old days
aren't so old. Why wait? The earlier we start this mental exercise, the
more remarkable attributes we'll eventually be able to identify and harp
about.
What do today's deprived kids do for thrills? They sleep till their
chrome clock radios wake them early Saturday morning (plastic was
good enough for us), and watch pathetic, trashy cartoons: Plasticman,
Captain Caveman, Scooby and Scrappy Doo...
Not like the high quality drama we watched. You gotta wonder how a
generation unexposed to the animated exploits of SuperChicken and
Mighty Mouse will turn out. Frankly, I'm frightened.
In the old days you could paint your house lavendar, aqua, or pink
without the neighbors organizing into a lynch mob. You could saturate
yourself with pre-sweetened Kool-Aid, for pennies a quart, in good con-science.
Even pacifism seemed more creative then. I have sweet
memories of walking to church without a pistol in my patent leather
purse.
But the aspect of the old days everyone defends most is fashion. Bell
bottoms, that first miniskirt, that mod ivy league suit. We were so sensi-ble
then. A week ago—maybe you remember—I staged my annual back-to-
the-good-old-days strike. I dragged out of my box of 60's
memorabilia, and tried to put myself in a flower child frame of mind.
My interrogative roommate calmly watched me do the "pony" wildly
around the apartment to "I'm a Believer," full volume.
"Where are the green fishnet stockings? I distinctly remember green
fishnet stockings." •
I pulled up one leg of my maroon stretch pants. "Right here."
"And the go-go boots?"
"I'll put them on later, with the white lipstick. What do you think of
the funky shoulder bag?"
She remained politely silent. "Any special reason why you're doing
this?"
"It's a good old days protest," I informed her. "Why should I allow
my creative lifestyle to be hampered by the masses—those mindless, fad-following,
Redford-loving progressives? I want to be groovy, far out,
and outta sight."
The,"Three's Company" theme song swelled from the TV. Suddenly, I
was ripping off my "Peace" T-shirt and love beads, and galloping
toward the screen. The allures of technological and literary excellence!
Sometimes I'm sure I'm a hopeless modernist.
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9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Daily
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Student leaders selected for'80-'8
Student Senate Executive Board: Warren Barber, treasurer; Cindy Robinson, secretary; Caryl
Brown, vice president; Dave Lucas, president (Photo by Tom Twining)
Sandi Covert, next year's Passages editor (Photo by Tom Twin-ing)
Clarion Editor Joy Banta and Associate Editor Jay Russell New Campus Coordinators Frank Sanza and Cindy Stipe (Photo by Tom Twining)
(Photo by Doug Barkey)
Air force alters freshman's lifestyle increases motivation
by Juan Ramos
Wayne Erickson, from Ando-ver,
Minnesota, attended Bethel
College during the 1978-79 school
year as a freshman. Instead of
returning the following Sep-tember,
Wayne enlisted in the
United States Air Force. Airman
Erickson is currently stationed at
Grand Forks Air Force Base in
North Dakota as a security po-liceman.
During a recent visit to Bethel,
Erickson (sporting a rather con-servative
military haircut) stated
that he wanted experience in law
enforcement, as his main reason
for enlisting. "My career goal is to
be a game warden," said Erick-son.
Educational benefits were also a
factor in his decision. The Air
Force pays 75 per cent of his tui-tion
while he is in the service. He
is presently taking night courses at
the University of North Dakota.
The Veteran's Education Assis-tance
Program (VEAP) takes an
allotment out of an airman's pay-check
and at the end of the four-year
time matches the alloted
amount $2.
When asked about the rigors of
basic training or "boot-camp,"
Erickson called it a "piece of
cake." For him there was no phy-sical
strain although the stripping
of individualism did bother him.
He did see it as an effective way of
equalizing. Beds are fixed the
same way, clothes are hung and
folded the same way.
The notorious first haircut was
described by Erickson as "disas-terous!"
"It took about 30 sec-onds
and it feels like sandpaper!
Then they make sure that you see
what you look like because there
are mirrors all over the place," re-called
Erickson.
Erickson found it difficult to
share his faith because, "They
keep you too busy!" Lights go out
at 9 p.m. and the barracks are in-dividually
monitored during night
hours for anyone talking after
lights out. Ironically, the worst
part for him was boredom.
Presently, Erickson finds living
conditions on an Air Force base
about the same as living in a dorm
at Bethel. Contrary to popular be-lief,
he finds that the food is
"good and cheap." When asked
about girls, Erickson remarked,
"A lot of people make jokes
about Bethel girls, but compared
to them (women in the Air Force),
Bethel girls are dreamboats!" He
described many as "airheads."
As far as fellowship goes,
Erickson has one close friend who
is not a Christian. The on-base
chapel caters more to families.
Spiritual reinforcement is difficult
with "so much stuff that is ugly
and evil around you." Sharing his
faith is frustrating, but Erickson
feels there is definitely a need for
Christians in the service because
"People are hungry here." He
misses the people at Bethel.
His advice to anyone consider-ing
enlisting is to get a more realis-tic
picture of what military life is •
life. "The recruiter is a salesman;
it's his job. If you're interested in
a particular job, try to get into an
Air Base to find out what it's really
like."
The Air Force has increased
Erickson's self-motivation. He
does intend to finish his schooling
while in the service. He finds it
difficult to contend with the lack
of freedom because unlike college,
"You can't quit simply because
you don't like it."
Regarding the draft, Erickson
stated, "The age of patriotism is
gone, but if the draft is reinstated,
a man should go where he is call-ed."
He has not personally re-solved
the issue of killing another
person as yet.
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The Smashers of the intramural volleyball league have not lost in two years. Here Bo Cedersjo
spikes, while teammates observe.
Pizza, movies entertain socialites
Wow! Bob and I were so ex-hausted
after the Rod Stewart
concert, but we decided that we
couldn't stop just yet! So on Sa-turday
evening, the 26th, we have
"Movie Mania" for you. What a
great evening it's going to be!
We'll be showing the movie,
"Heaven Can Wait," and serve
pizza afterwards for everyone!
This all begins at 8 p.m. in the
gym for $1.50 per person. Pop
will be an extra $.25/can.
Bring your bean friends, your
bag chairs, and pillows if you wish
to make your stay more comforta-ble.
Come and join our full house!
The tickets to the Imperials'
concert have been and will con-tinue
to be on sale for $4.50 at the
C.C. office up through May 2nd.
The $4.50 price is the middle-priced
ticket (regularly $5.00 at
the door or $5.50 at Dayton's),
and the seats we have are pretty
decent.
The concert will be held at the
Minneapolis Auditorium at 8
p.m. The bus will leave at 7 p.m.,
but you must sign up ahead of
time by the C.C. office in order to
reserve a seat on the bus. Don't
miss the last great concert of the
year!
P.S. We hope that all of you
who went to Spring Formal had a
really great time! For next year,
we thought it would be fun to see
Part II of "The King and I," how-ever,
we'll probably visit a dif-ferent
Jr. High.
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues Roseville, Mn.
Worship Services at 9:00 & 11:15 AM
Sunday School at 10:00 AM (Special College-age Class
(See posters for church bus schedule)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone - 631-0211
Wayne Abbott won for Bethel's only point in a 8-1 thrashing at
the hands of Concordia/Moorhead.
The Royal baseball team stands 2-8 after drubbing Macalester
twice last Saturday and then losing to Augsburg 6-1 and 11-4 on
Tuesday. Saturday Bethel faces Hamline at Bremer field.
Against Augsburg, Bethel hit well (18 hits) but hurt themselves
with mental and physical errors. Tom Weke pitched well in the
first game (Photo Doug Barkey)
Robyn Erbst applies a tag too late in Wednesday softball action (Photo by Dan Velie).
sports Page 8
Softball evens record
and gains experience
Grid coach
to be hired
by early May
by Steve Erickson
by Carol Madison
After suffering two initial losses
of the season to Dr. Martin
Luther College, experience has
started to set in and the women's
softball team has evened their
record at 3-3.
Bethel lost to DML 11-2 and 8-2
in the first outing as a team that
has only four returning players.
The inexperience showed as the
Royals were out-hit 19-10, and
committed 13 errors against one
error for DML in the first game.
"It was the first college game
for five of our starters, including
the pitcher and catcher, and our
biggest problem was just not
knowing what to do," said Coach
Marcia LaRock.
Chris Johnson, Tami Miller and
Laura Kreutzfeldt each had two
hits.
The Royals decreased their er-rors
to four in the second game,
but faced a quicker pitcher and
were again out-hit 10-3.
Bethel needed only 31/2 innings
to dispose of Macalester 18-0.
Bethel overwhelmed the Macs in
the first inning by scoring 16 runs,
and Macalester could only
manage two hits the entire game.
Julie Murphy and Laura
Kreutzfeldt led the Royal hitting
spree with three hits each.
Bethel appeared to be intimi-dated
at the play by Augsburg as
they lost 11-0. Facing the quickest
pitching foe yet, the team could
only manage three hits.
Augsburg scored eight runs in
the first inning, helped by Bethel's
four errors, and the Auggies
strong pitcher wouldn't allow
Bethel back into the game after
that.
The needed experience began to
show in the game against College
of St. Benedict, and the Royals
started to work together as a team
in defeating St. Bens 11-8.
After falling behind 4-2 in the
third inning, Bethel came back to
score five runs in the sixth to stay
on top for good. Gail Heinsch
kept a rally alive by getting a
pinch-hit single in the sixth with
two outs.
Julie Stake turned in a strong
performance at the plate by going
3 for 4, with two doubles and four
RBI's. Julie Murphy was also 3
for 4.
Bethel defeated St. Paul Bible
6-3, but had problems offensively
as they faced a much slower pit-cher
than in previous games.
While the faster pitchers
sometimes intimidated the Royals,
they became over-anxious with a
slow pitcher and had trouble ad-justing.
Julie Stake again led the hitting
with two, while scoring two runs.
"We only committed two errors
in the last two games, so we're
playing cleaner and better ball in
terms of defense," said LaRock.
"What we really lack is a power
hitter. But we are beginning to
play together and the experience is
shoWing."
by Carol Madison
The women's track team
continues to put together strong
team and individual performances
in the outdoor season as school
records and regional qualifying
times are set in several events.
Sherrie Lindquist and Lynn Se-verson
each qualified for the re-gionals
at Thief River Falls. Lind-quist's
time of 11.7 in the 100 was
also a school record. Severson ran
the 200 meters in 26.7.
Sophomore Sara Barker ruled
the discus with a toss of 140 feet,
which was a school record and
qualified her for the regionals.
She is just five feet from the state
record and 14 feet off the qualify-ing
mark for the nationals. With
two more years of competition
left, Barker can look forward to
more success in both the discus
and shot put. •
Bethel then traveled to St.
among nine teams at the Gustavus
Cinder Open.
Regional qualifiers were Ellie
Abbott in the 3-mile, and Sheila
Kroon in the javelin, with a school
record.
Lynn Severson was Bethel's
lone first place finisher with a time
of 27.78 in the 220. Those finish-ing
second included Burgess in the
100-meter hurdles, Theresa Mere-dith
in the 440, Sension in the high
jump and Barker in shot and dis-cus.
The 880-medley and 440-relay
teams also took second.
Sension captured third in the ja-velin
and long jump, as did the
1-mile relay team.
The Royals will compete at the
private college invitational tomor-row
at Macalester.
Running in the Norsemen Re-lays
Saturday at Luther College in
Iowa, the Bethel trackmen fin-ished
seventh in a field of 13. Ear-lier
in the week the Royals took
top honors at a meet by edging
out River Falls and Golden Val-ley.
At Luther, Greg Stipe placed
second in the javelin, recording a
personal best of 201'10". Stipe,
who will miss the Bethel Relays to
participate in a decathlon at Eau
Claire, also had a personal best
46'3" in the triple jump to finish
fourth. At RV he placed first in
the javelin and long jump.
The relay teams did well, finish-ing
fifth, sixth, sixth, and ninth.
The four-mile relay of Ross Allen,
Dwight Newman, Randy
Bostrom, and Jim Feleen set a
school record.
Phil Asay placed second in the
triple jump with a leap of 47'10",
four days after he had set a school
With the decision expected in
early May, three candidates re-main
in the running for the head
football coach position.
The three are Dudley Lutton,
head coach at Rocky Mountain
College in Billings, Montana, Jim
Lind, assistant coach at St. John's
in Collegeville, and Joe Broecker,
assistant coach at the University
of Richmond in Virginia. Approx-imately
12 individuals formally
applied and many others sent ini-tial
inquiries.
The 28-year-old Lutton, RMC's
coach for the last three years, was
at one time the youngest head
mentor in the nation. He also
serves in the admissions depart-ment
as a counselor.
Lind, who coached the Johnnie
defense under John Gagliardi last
year, is completing his masters in
health and physical,education. In
addition, he has coached wrestling
and track at both St. Cloud State
and in the Minnesota high school
league.
Broecker holds his doctorate,
having taught in a number of
fields, most recently the psych-ology
of sport. Besides assisting at
Richmond, he has extensive
coaching experience at Pacific Lu-theran
and as defensive end coach
at Baylor University under Grant
Teaff.
According to Athletic Director
George Henry, all have a strong
Christian commitment and a de-sire
to coach at a Christian school.
Lutton will visit Bethel this
weekend while Lind will be here
next Monday and Tuesday and
Broecker sometime in early May.
The athletic department also is
screening applicants for athletic
trainer, women's athletic director
and other positions.
outdoor record at River Falls
(47'111/2").
In the high jump, Jason Vel-gersdyk
took third at 6'6". The
school record is 6'7" and Velgers-dyk
was over at 6'8" but his heels
came down on the bar. He
jumped 6'4" at River Falls, also
finishing third.
Keith Johnson placed first in
the 440 intermediate hurdles at
RV and fourth with a better time
at Luther.
Other strong finishers at RV
were Paul Otto, who had a slight
muscle pull and did not compete
at Luther, Feleen, Allen, Brian
Galloway, Scott Lumby, Joel
Rude, and Dave Fuglestad. Otto
won both the 220 and 440 while
Galloway took the 880 and Asay
the high hurdles.
Winning by nearly three and
one-half seconds, the mile relay
(Otto, Johnson, Galloway, and
Don Hauser) ran a 3:30.2.
Cloud and ran well against the
speed of St. Cloud, as well as
Bemidji State and Augsburg.
The 440-relay team of Lind-quist,
Severson, Jennifer Burgess
and Deb Sension placed second
and set a record at 52.2, only .8
seconds away from regional quali-fying.
School records were also set
by Ellie Abbott at 19:23 in the
5,000 meters and Wendy Norberg
with a time of 11:21 in the 3,000.
Both placed first and also quali-fied
for regionals with those
times. Jennifer Burgess did like-wise
in the 400 meter hurdles with
a time of 1:08.45. She set a record
and placed 2nd in the 100 meter
hurdles at 16.5.
Barker won the discus and set a
record in the shot put at 39'11",
and Deb Sension placed in the
high jump.
Bethel failed to edge out Gusta-vus
in the fmal meet of the week,
and had to settle for second
Women qualify for regionals
More records broken
by men's track team

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55 Sc ut, /le Clarion
Dennis Johnson (right) has been actively campaigning since Feb-ruary
in his home district, in central Minnesota.
Steve Friddle, Paul Dvirnak, Tracy Holland and Rick Nelson
will scale Mount McKinley to raise funds for Southeast Asian
refugees.
Fill a bag save a life ;
Red Cross needs donors
Iwo
I would like to give my support to the Refugee Fund by enclosing
Name
Address
State Zip
Make check payable to
World Vision International
(Tax deductable)
Send donations to: Mt. McKinley Climb for Refugees Fund, Summit National Bank,
205 Aurora Ave., St. Paul, MN 55103
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Vol 55, No. 22 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN April 25, 1980
Dennis Johnson fought to a vir-tual
draw with incumbent Glen
Sherwood at the Independent-Re-publican
endorsing convention for
state representative Saturday,
April 12 in Park Rapids.
Johnson, who completed his
Bethel course work in January,
and Sherwood went to ten ballots
at the convention before it was de-cided
not to endorse either candi-date.
Sherwood had earlier announc-ed
his retirement but changed his
mind just weeks before the conven-tion.
The eight-year veteran of the
House led on the first ballot,
The Red Cross needs blood do-nors,
and the Bethel community
will again be given a chance to
show its generosity at the spring
blood drive Monday, April 28,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gym.
The Red Cross plans to increase
the bed capacity by eight, and Be-thel
has pledged 300 units, 30
more than the last blood drive.
Because several are usually turned
away for various reasons, more
than 300 donors need to sign up to
ensure reaching the goal. Unfor-
128-116, but fell short of the 60
per cent needed to endorse.
On the second ballot Johnson
overtook Sherwood 127-121, and
by the fourth ballot Johnson was
within six votes of the endorse-ment,
leading 150-110.
At this point, however, John-son's
momentum waned and he
lost ground. "We still haven't fi-gured
out why," he said.
After the tenth ballot Sherwood
led again by just eight votes and
the delegates decided not to en-dorse
a candidate.
"It was an exciting convention
and an exciting day," said John-son.
"I was pleased that we con-tunately,
those who received the
measles vaccine cannot give blood
at this drive.
"We welcome walk-ins," said
Co-chairman Carolyn Olson,
"but you can avoid long waits by
signing up in advance with an
R.A. or down by the p.o.'s."
Donors may designate that their
blood may be given to a specific
person, but to avoid confusion,
the donor should be able to give
the recipient's address and hospi-tal
name.
"The Red Cross counts on Be-thel
to give a lot of blood," said
Olson, "and they are pleased with
the efficiency and enjoyable con-ditions.
This is usually a fun day
for them."
Lori Swanson is the other co-chairman.
Helen Gutsche and
Steve Jarabeck are in charge of
getting the medical personnel, and
those in charge of sign ups are
Tenley Ireland, Marge Tidman,
Laurie Lindahl and Ruth Oliver.
Kevin Walton will head the set-up
crew.
sistently carried three of the five
counties in the district."
Johnson has campaigned full-time
since February in his home
district, 4B, in north-central Min-nesota.
The next step is to decide whe-ther
to pursue the House seat in
the primary election, without en-dorsement,
in early September.
Johnson has been encouraged by
several party leaders to drop out
of the race, as a split party would
hurt whichever candidate wins the
primary.
Johnson will decide within a
week whether to continue his pur-suit
of the House seat.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Minnesota weather can often be
unpredictable, especially in the
winter, but not nearly as unpre-dictable
as the weather on top of
Mt. McKinley. In mid-June, wea-ther
on the mountain may range
from a breezy 70 degrees above
zero, to a biting 40 degrees below,
with winds of over 100 mph.
That's what a team of four men—
two of them Bethel seminarians—
must face in early summer, as they
attempt to ascend 20,320-foot Mt.
McKinley.
Their purpose and goal - is to
raise $203,200, or $10 for each
foot of the mountain, all of which
will go to aid refugees in S.E.
Asia. World Vision International,
a Christian humanitarian agency,
will receive funds and distribute
relief goods to refugees in Cambo-dia,
Thailand and other areas.
Each of the four men in the
team has had extensive wilderness
or climbing experience in the wes-tern
part of the U.S. Steve Frid-dle,
a former mountaineering in-structor,
is the team's 22-year-old
leader.
Paul Dvirnak, 24, and Tracy
Holland, also 24, are first-year
students at Bethel Seminary. Twen-ty-
year-old Rick Nelson is the
team's fourth member. He has
been attending the University of
Minnesota-Duluth as a business
administration major, while Frid-dle
has been enrolled in the Uni-versity
of Minnesota School of
Journalism. Both have dropped
out for the climb.
The team has been planning the
trip for the past two years. "We
will take one of the more difficult
routes up the mountain, one call-ed
the 'Western Rib,"' said Paul
Dvirnak.
Mt. McKinley is the highest
peak in North America, but is the
highest mountain from its base to
its summit, which measures 13,320
feet.
"We plan to leave here June 10
and stop for about a week to
climb Mt. Robson in British Co-lumbia,
to help prepare ourselves
for Mt. McKinley," Dvirnak
said. The team plans to arrive in
Talkeetna, Alaska on June 23,
and from there will fly to the
southwest fork of the Kahiltna
Glacier, which is the starting point
for all parties climbing the south
side of the mountain.
The group will travel up the gla-cier
on skis, carrying all of their
equipment and supplies. The team
will be roped together as they tra-vel
from the airplane landing site,
to ensure safety on the glacier. The
route's challenge will involve dif-ficult
climbing at lower elevations,
with the arctic cold, wind and
scarce oxygen at higher altitudes.
When the group reaches the
18,200-foot-point, they will make
their final summit push. Even
though they will be only 2,120 feet
from the summit, the thin air will
make the climb strenuous. The
climbers will have to rest after
each step, taking four or five
breaths.
"The trip should take us 13 to
14 days," Dvirnak said, "but if
we run into a storm, or have to
stop because of illness, it may take
us as long as four weeks." The
group will have enough food for
30 days.
The team is currently training at
the Twin Cities Sports and Health
Clubs, "They're underwriting our
personal expenses for the climb,"
Dvirnak said, "so all of the mon-ey
donated to World Vision will
go directly to the refugees. None
of it will be used to pay our ex-penses."
World Vision has been sending
information about the climb to
40,000 churches in 14 midwestern
states, encouraging support for
the project.
Dvirnak said the trip has a two-fold
purpose: "It's a climb for us,
and provides a different ministry
of aid to the refugees."
Peak climbers go for $10 a foot
IR endorsement eludes Johnson
arra.
That must be the guy they say %N.
brought his pet back after
Spring break.
letters
Socialization causes role differences
Page 2
editorial
Hunger knowledge
demands action Since last spring, members of the Christian Discipleship Coalition
(CDC) at Bethel have worked to develop an awareness of world prob-lems
and the Christian's responsibility in the world. This year, the main
focus of the CDC has been the Hunger Awareness Conference, held
last weekend at Bethel.
The conference included workshops, some led by Bethel faculty,
plenary sessions, a simple dinner in keeping with the theme of the con-ference,
and two chapels. Many speakers came from outside Bethel, in-cluding
Terrence Martin from the President's Commission on World
Hunger, Jean Thomas from Voice of Calvary, and Mark Olson, co-editor
of "The Other Side" magazine.
Those who worked on the conference, students, faculty and staff, are
to be commended for the many hours of organizing and publicizing.
Their goal was to increase awareness of world hunger, and to find ways
Christians can help alleviate hunger. The quality of the speakers was ex-cellent,
and the workshops were informative and thought-provoking.
Faculty adviser of the conference Don Postema said the registration
for the conference totaled 80-85 people, and 75-80 attended the general
sessions. Workshops, which were offered in three time slots, with five
in each slot, were "generally well-attended" according to Postema, with
12-15 in most sessions.
Although the greatest percentage of people in attendance were Bethel
students, it is unfortunate that more Bethel students either could or
would not attend at least part of the conference. While it is true that the
success of the conference does not depend on the number of people pre-sent,
the main purpose of the conference was to inform and involve
Bethel students.
Perhaps the conference came at a busy time of year. That would excuse
some of us. The beautiful weather also competed with workshop
leaders, especially 9 a.m. workshops which were those with the lowest
attendance.
Those who missed the conference missed interaction in workshops
between people inside and outside of the Bethel community: interaction
which was quite positive. We would hope that such conferences can con-tinue
at Bethel: conferences in which Bethel students can interact with
students and non-students from outside Bethel. This conference at-tracted
students from St. Thomas, St. Olaf, and the University who
shared Bethel's concern with the problems of world hunger.
We hope that this conference is just the beginning or continuation of
Bethel's active role in the community. As a Christian liberal arts college,
we should be leaders and an example for the community. We need to in-vite
the community into our hallowed halls to share ideas and interact
with us. We need to demonstrate our concern about hunger and other
important issues. One suggestion that came up at the conference was
that Bethel could offer emergency food relief to hungry people in our
area. As Postema put it, we need to show that we are not "closet Protes-tants,
or hermits bound up in our fortress in Arden Hills."
Speakers and workshop leaders encouraged their audience to par-ticipate
in organizations such as the Minnesota Food Coalition and
Bread for the World. Both publish newsletters to inform readers of
needs. Bread for the World, a political lobbying organization, gives
readers information on issues that they can write their Congressman
about.
Those involved in the conference still have a responsibility to inform
the rest of the Bethel community of what they have learned from the
conference and how Bethel as an institution and we as inviduals can be
socially aware and active. We can practice living a simpler lifestyle, we
can start or help with existing food cupboards in our churches or at
Bethel or help hungry people in our own community.
We would hope that those who did not attend the conference are not
apathetic, but would follow the intiators. We can sit in Bible classes,
political science classes, sociology classes and chapel and soak up all
that the teachers and speakers have to offer us without acting. Or we
can seek avenues to help those less fortunate that we are.
The first step has been taken by many: they have become aware. The
next step is to act: to live responsibly for God's glory. We at Bethel need
to be stewards in the world as well as students in Arden Hills. the Clarion Vol. 55, No. 21 Bethel College April 25, 1980
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Dear Editor, tative anthropological data, data
I am writing in reaction to two on sex differences, and data on
recent experiences on campus: the sex role development indicate that
paper presented in the Depart- what differences do exist appear
ment of Philosophy's Veritas and to be primarily a result of
the Mollenkott presentations. socialization processes.
Both of these focused on Chris- The work by Goldberg (1973)
tian feminism. mentioned at Veritas as arguing
First, I desire to correct a for inevitable male/female
misconception which appeared to behavioral differences is neither
be prevalent among those atten- representative or considered credi-ding
Veritas. This misconception ble by most involved in this area
was that differences across gender of research. This is not the proper
(sex) are generally accepted to be forum for an inundation of em-inherent
by both the public and pirical and theoretical evidence
scientific communities. Credible supporting my above claims;
support for this position does not however, I can easily so inundate
exist. Consistent and represen- any interested individual who con-
Dear Editor, week, a bag of gym clothes re-moved
from the hallway.
This summer I attended a Chris- I realize the clothes were dirty,
tian retreat with my parents at but I don't think they have reach-
Green Lake, Wisconsin. The ga- ed the crawling stage. You would
thering basically consisted of pas- think by now I might have learned
tors, their wives and other church my lesson. But who wants to live
leaders. Some very good speakers in a world of "locked door-pulled
were present, but I remember a blinds paranoia?" It would be
very different message that mani- nice to trust someone, especially
fested itself through action. those who claim to be "Chris-
There was a newspaper rack set tians."
in the entrance of the cafeteria. It The realization comes however,
was one of those "honesty" racks that I can't and that scares me,
where it is not necessary to deposit and not for the reason that right
money in order to get the paper. now some of my books are lying
You simply removed the paper out in the hall, or that I left my car
and were expected to put the mon- unlocked.
ey in a tube set on the side. One It scares me because stealing is
night the money collected from only one manifestation of dishon-the
tube amounted to 60 cents. 50 esty that pervades Bethel College.
papers had been removed from How about academic dishonesty,
the rack. excuses to professors for turning
Perhaps you are as disgusted by in a late paper, or putting pennies
this story as I am. After all, the in the Space Invaders machine?
people stealing those newspapers (Before I start sounding preachy
were church leaders. It seems that let me plead guilty to the latter.)
Bethel College is not immune to We live in a society that makes
thievery either. movies about crooks who are
In three semesters I have had a cute, bumbling, understandable,
coat stolen from the cafeteria, a and sometimes heroic. (i.e. "The
watch and wallet taken out of my
coat in the gym, and, just last See p. 3
tacts me.
Second, despite Mollenkott's
definition of Christian feminism
as primarily focused on God's
righteousness/justice, many peo-ple
on Bethel's campus refused to
listen and consider her arguments
simply because she claimed to be a
"feminist." The shallow thinking
and close-mindedness evident in
such reasoning have no place in a
"Christian Learning
Community." Lest many of you
simply shrug off Mollenkott's
words on mutuality and equality
and return to the security of
stereotyped roles, let me continue
to stir you up. I am an evangelical
(quite conservative in my Biblical
interpretation), male, and a
feminist. That is, I believe that
equality of personhood does not
currently exist across gender, and
that this is in violation of God's
will.
Moreover, I do not simply
argue for abolishing status dif-ferences
between male and
female, but for a complete
refocusing of attention away from
gender — at least as the major
definer of a person. The tradi-tional
(not Biblical) evangelical
approach of assigning
characteristics, interests, roles,
and taboos to people simply on
the basis of their external genitalia
is ludicrous; it denies individual
differences and precludes the
possibility of well functioning, in-tegrated
body of individual
members.
In closing, I want to make a
general exhortation (directed to
myself, as well). Any issue should
be evaluated and re-evaluated
continually. We should never feel
that we have arrived at the
answer, particularly, on those
issues where varying interpreta-tions
of scripture exist. Consider-ing
our finite minds, such absolu-tism
"smacks of" arrogance.
Sincerely,
M. Roe
Department of Psychology
March 24, 1980
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Lifestyle includes less obvious vices
by Tim Wilbee
Vancouver Bible College, long a
part of the Baptist General Con-ference,
was sold early last month.
The college represented the BGC
in British Columbia, Canada for
twenty years.
The announcement of the sale
followed shortly after the close of
the school in the fall of 1978. The
final graduating class was in the
spring of that year. Some of those
students now attend Bethel Se-minary.
Vancouver Bible College (VBC)
was Bethel's "sister school" and
for the last three years of its exis-tence
was the responsibility of the
Board of Regents. The Board, al-so
responsible for Bethel, tried to
integrate it into the higher educa-tion
system of the conference. The
Bible college, with an emphasis on
Biblical training for laymen, pro-vided
a different dimension to go
along with the existing seminary
and liberal arts schools.
Bethel President Carl Lund-quist
was called upon to take part
in the decision to close VBC in his
role as executive secretary of the
Board of Regents. He stated that
he was deeply sorry to see the end
of the college but saw no way out
of its financial dilemma. A cumu-lative
debt of almost a million dol-lars
was primarily responsible for
its demise and the Board of Re-gents
saw no other alternative but
to close it.
letters
from p. 2
Sting," "Going In Style," "Fun
With Dick and Jane," etc.) Let
me say that dishonesty is not
harmless fun, nor is it Christian.
I wrote this letter, in part, be-cause
I am tired and disgusted
with rip-offs. I also wrote it be-cause
I realized that I was part of
what I found disgusting. It is only
through my efforts and yours that
we can make Bethel College an ef-fective
community.
I have found this area a special
concern and hope that some of us
will make an effort to be honest
with ourselves and others.
Matt Weber
by Steve Lovestrand
first in a series
Lifestyle: the watchword at Be-thel.
What exactly is it? Why is it
that way? What is the student's
part in enforcement? Steve
Lovestrand analyzes these ques-tions
in a four-part series begin-ning
this week.
I can't say I always keep the
Bethel lifestyle. Quite simply
because I don't. But before you
go running to Marilyn, Charlie or
Mack with the news, let me ex-plain.
That doesn't mean I've been
down to Uncle Sam's lately to
The finances from the sale paid
off the red ink from the VBC
operation and left about $200,000
which will be used for the theolo-gical
education of Canadian stu-dents.
Laurie Blair, senior organ stu-dent,
will continue Bethel's series
of rug concerts on the new Moller
organ May 1, in FA 430.
The series began with an April
10 concert by Jean Christian and
"dance the night away." And
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas... and
the taste of champagne," but I
haven't had either lately. Nor can
the "Lung Cancer Lament" be
sung for me. I can't even be accus-ed
of "Cocaine runnin' all around
my brain."
Now you're probably wonder-ing,
"then what have you been
doing?" I think that illustrates
how the lifestyle is commonly con-ceived
by the typical student. Ask
a student, especially a freshman
(sorry, freshmen), what the
lifestyle policy is, and he or she
may respond with something like,
"Don't dance, don't
drink...don't smoke... um, and
don't take drugs."
Some may include housing
regulations, if they live on cam-pus.
One student I was talking to
about the subject said, quite
sincerely, "What else is there?
That's all I ever heard about."
Well, there's more. Far more.
You might want to dig up that
brown Student Affairs calendar
you weren't supposed to throw
away, and read the "Lifestyle Ex-pectations"
section in the back, to
see just exactly what all you're
supposed to be not doing—and
doing. You might be surprised.
It talks about lying and stealing
features 45-minute recitals of light
classics designed to acquaint the
Bethel community with the new
organ. Joellen Worrell Kloehn,
organ major graduate, and Ruth
Fardig, instructor, have also ap-peared
in concert in the series.
(if you think about it, it's easy to
convict yourself already), and
social and racial discrimination,
and materialism. Ouch.
And if that isn't enough, it
seems to find it necessary to hit
the attitudes. Pride. Bitterness.
Greed. Envy. Unforgiving spirit.
Lust. And on we go.
What about church and chapel
attendance? Personal devotions
and witnessing? And is that just
an empty, idealistic statement on
the end there, or is that a guideline
too—finding, in expressing that
choice of lifestyle, "their highest
self-fulfillment?"
If you want to dig a little fur-ther
(just in case you still feel you
haven't violated the lifestyle)
you'll find that another statement
of the lifestyle goals, the
yellowish-green "Welcome to
Bethel" pamphlet (available in the
Student Affairs Office) includes
prohibition of belittling others,
prejudice, and imprudent eating
and exercise patterns, and sum-mons
us to openness, love and
joy.
By now I'm sure I've raised
some other questions. Like, is all
that really the Official Bethel Col-lege
and Seminary Lifestyle State-ment?
I mean, are we really ex-pected
to follow all that? Yes, we
The remaining concerts are
scheduled for:
May 1 - Laurie Blair, senior or-gan
student
May 8 - Cindy Reents
May 15 - C. Howard Smith
are. And I don't know what
makes something "official,"
but it's all in print and that's good
enough for me.
Let me insert a comment here.
Not only should my first state-ment
not seem so surprising now,
but it should also be clear that the
most hotly contested and most
popular portions of our Bethel
lifestyle are really not the most
important, if we think about it.
Self-righteous and condemnatory
attitudes regarding lifestyle some-how
fall by the wayside.
Back to more questions. If we
all are falling short of at least
some of those expectations, then
what's the point of having them in
the first place? Good question.
Another good question is: if we as
a community don't follow the ex-pectations
set for us, why don't
we? And if I, as a member of the
community, see another member
violating the lifestyle, what should
I do?
But there's also the question of
enforcement: is it enforced? Well,
when was the last time you heard
of someone at Bethel being disci-plined
for overeating, underexer-cising,
being materialistic, pre-judiced,
or unforgiving, or skipp-ing
chapel? We'd have trouble
breathing if 2500 people all lined
up outside Student Affairs for
counseling or discipline.
We can't expect to be disciplin-ed
by the school every time we
break the lifestyle. But that's no
surprise, really. I mean, we all
knew we could get away with our
piccadillos at least a good part of
the time. But most of us have
developed our moral reasoning far
enough so that "getting caught"
is not the only issue which deter-mines
our choices, anyway.
On the other end of the spec-trum,
there's the tendency to say,
if I'm going to break the lifestyle
anyway, why bother? It's easy to
rationalize and excuse ourselves
when we do fail to keep it, saying,
"Well, I'm not perfect and I know
I'm not going to keep the lifestyle
all the time, and neither will
anyone else, so I don't feel so
bad."
Carry this attitude far enough,
and the lifestyle policy soon
becomes totally irrelevant to one's
daily living, and by disregard is ef-fectually
discarded.
But failure to keep the lifestyle
in one area does not excuse, nor
should it encourage, failure in
another area. If we're going to try
to follow the lifestyle, let's not do
it halfheartedly or sporadically—
let's give it our best shot. And
maybe we can find, in that choice
of lifestyle, our "highest self-fulfillment."
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Alumni College.
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Seniors: don't panic
by Peter Nelson
As a senior, I feel it is my solemn duty to inform the Bethel communi-ty
of a striking development. Startling though it may be, we need to face
up to the fact that an age-old trend is spreading through the campus at
lightening speed and in epidemic proportion. With the abandon of wild
fire, it is claiming innocent victims from all corners of our community.
I, personally, am frightened.
I am sure you know the trend of which I speak. Yet, it is true; legions
of Bethel students are getting engaged.
Needless to say, the engagements of these countless masses has its ef-fect
on those of us not similarly "involved." Thus, we experience what is
known as the senior panic.
The senior panic reminds us that we are nearing (or are slightly past)
the "normal" age for marriage. It encourages us to remember that our
good friends are getting married and that we're not. It begs us to follow
the trend simply because it is a trend which is being followed.
The senior panic prompts by increasing the urgency of finding a part-ner
during the rapidly dwindling days we have at Bethel. "Where else
will you have such a fine opportunity to meet your mate?"
You don't have to be a senior to go through the senior panic
(although it does help). Anyone and everyone experiences it to some
degree. For some it brings intense anxiety and for others it is much more
tolerable. But it comes to everyone—you cannot escape it. The senior
panic is a fact of life. If it hasn't come to you yet, wait patiently—it will.
One sure way to put an abrupt end to your senior panic anxiety is to
get engaged. However, this may not be, for any one or combination of a
number of reasons (not the least of which is knowing of no one who
would marry you, a proper alternative). How then should we react to the
imminent and inevitable senior panic?
I have struggled long and hard with some very heavy questions of
marriage and singleness, and I raise them here not as an attempt to tell
what is right (for such is not mine to tell, but His), but simply to
stimulate thought on a topic we may not have dared to do anything but
laugh about.
If the following thoughts seem to devalue or belittle marriage, that is
not my intention. I simply think that marriage is much too important to
take for granted or walk into without asking ourselves and each other
some deep, hard (and perhaps painful) questions.
We've all heard that Bethel is a fine place to find a spouse, and I'm
sure this is true. Still, should I feel like I need to be engaged, or nearly
so, by the time I graduate for my Bethel experience to be a success?
And another question comes to mind: What is my goal—to love or to
marry? Am I living to find that special one or am I daring to give love
freely to all sorts of people? Am I trying to find the right person or be
the right person?
How much is my anticipation of marriage heightened by the com-ments
of well meaning relatives who say, "You'll be next. Just wait and
see." How much does what others expect me to do really determine my
behavior? How influential on my thinking is the fact that my friends are
pairing off by the score?
Perhaps college students do a little more assuming than they ought.
Should we assume that God wants us to marry in the first place. Do we
really take God's word seriously when Paul speaks of the value of
celibacy? I must ask myself, "Am I willing to follow my Lord even if he
wants me to follow him alone?"
Where do we focus in our relationships? Do we look only to our own
needs and desires, or can we see past "self" to another's best? Do we
really view close (or any) relationships as anything but another way to
get more for a hungry "self"?
Is • a preoccupation with getting married indicative of personal in-security
and a lack of authentic trust in Christ? Does the senior panic
beg us to take on responsibility we were never intended to have? When
we succomb to the senior panic, we are not trying to take God's work in-to
our own feeble hands? Is not the gift of a spouse not ours to get but
His to give?
Do we marry because we are convinced that we can serve God better
together than separately? Do we marry to please Him more, or do we
marry for some lesser reason? Does not God want his children to unite
in marriage for some better reason than the pressure of the social clock
or the assumption that we always knew we would? "Why get married?"
(seriously, not cynically) is actually a very good question.
When the senior panic comes, remember that your God is
sovereign—He is in control. He knows what is best and when it is best
for every last one of us. God is the giver of every good gift (James 1:17),
and no good thing will be withheld from those that walk uprightly
(Psalms . 84:11). Let's let Him decide what is good.
"Dr. Bob."
This is the first time Bethel has
done something like this but an
Alumni College has been success-ful
at other campuses. It will allow
the Alumni to fellowship and in-form
them about what Bethel is
like now. However the education-al
experience is the most impor-tant
reason for the college.
Alumni and their families
would be housed on campus in the
new dorms and townhouses. They
will be encouraged to bring their
families because there will be lots
of activities for children.
Drama, music, art and physical
education activities for children
will be conducted by Bethel stu-dents.
In the afternoons they will
have opportunities to visit the
zoo, go to a Twins game, or take
swimming or tennis lessons to
name a few. Babysitting will also
be available in the evening.
A family picnic and an evening
out for the adults are just a few of
the other opportunities that will
be part of the Alumni College.
Registration is $40 for children
under 12 and $80 for all others.
Housing and food will be extra.
Construction,
funds delay
new bridge .
David Lissner, director of cam-pus
development, indicated that
there are plans to put another
bridge over the Bethel creek.
"The site committee wanted two
in the first place," he said.
When this second bridge comes
to our campus depends on two
things: finding the right place to
put it and getting the money to
buy it.
This bridge will be for those go-ing
to or coming from the circle
lot. Lissner explained that it may
not be good to install it until the
AC building addition is completed
since that addition may change
current campus walking paths. He
said, "We'd hate to put a bridge
in the wrong place."
The $17,000 needed to buy and
install the first bridge came from
money donated to Bethel.
Another bridge will cost the same
or more (because of inflation),
and that kind of money is not pre-sently
available.
Lissner indicated that of the
three types of bridges, considered,
the one we have is the best. One
that was all metal and cost about
the same was rejected simply be-cause
wood was preferred. Ano-ther
one that was cheaper was re-jected
because it had a higher arch
and would not have looked right
on our campus.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday—Shepherd and
McKinley Climb AC lounge
Tuesday—Chaplain Harold
Bussell—Gordon College
Wednesday—Chaplain
William Hill—Taylor Uni-versity
Thursday—Convocation,
Herbert Brokering
Friday—Music chapel, Bob
Fornander
Trinity Baptist Church
Welcomes You
220 Edgerton Street at Hwy. 36
St. Paul, MN 55117 774-8609
Rev. Hartley Christensen
Rev. Michael Vortel
SUNDAY
8:30 AM Worship Service
9:45 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Worship Service
6:00 PM Evening Service
Bus Schedule
Old Campus 9 AM
Fountain Terrace 9:15 AM
New Campus 9:25 AM
open
column
by Carla Munson
Bethel College will enter a new
phase of its continuing education
program this year by offering an
Alumni College, July 13-18.
Bethel's Alumni College can be
described as an educational vaca-tion
for alumni and their families.
Six courses will be offered from
physical education, music, po-litical
science, philosophy, Bibli-cal
and theological studies, and
history. Each will be an hour and
fifteen minutes long. Alumni will
be able to take two of these
courses which will be taught by
Bethel faculty.
Between classes there will be an
hour long chapel with guest
speaker professor emeritus, Dr.
Bob Smith, otherwise known as
Alumni to walk hallowed halls again
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Catacombs offers refuge, solace
by Dona L. Amann
If you were to pass the recrea-tion
room at 10:15 p.m. on a Sun-day
night, you may stop and look
in out of curiosity. The flickering
light of the candles spread across
the room may catch your eye, and
songs of praise may filter out and
alert your ears.
You enter the room and join
one of the circles of people sitting
around a candle. Immediately you
feel a unity, a bond, that only Je-sus
Christ can give. As you join in
the singing, your heart fills with
excitement.
Then you hear a voice say, "We
would like you to share with us a
praise or a burden, a problem or
by Jon Van Vloten
What is a "Christian" concert?
It is a time for Christians to get
together and listen to Christians
do musical stuff. It can be soft
and melodic, abrasive and de-manding,
and even a lot of fun.
The "Amos and Randy" con-cert
was all these things and-more.
It was fun, particularly
such vignettes as the "Ramada
Inn" tune, and the Surf medley. It
was loud; particularly everything
Dan Amos played and a fair
chunk of what Amos and Randy
did together.
It was one of those blessed
oases in which you could listen to
music that you knew a gospel
team could never hope to dupli-cate.
It was loud, invigorating,
and well worth the ticket price.
Being the arch-groupie that I
am, I had to see Dan Amos before
the show, and find out what
made them tick. I found out sev-eral
things.
One: even Christian musicians
are cranky before a big show. (ex-an
answer to prayer." After hear-ing
the needs, praises and requests
of fellow students, resident direc-tors
and assistants and other peo-ple
on campus, you feel a closer
bond.
Week after week you attend this
special meeting called Catacombs.
You find yourself growing in the
Lord and learning about the var-ious
responsibilities you have to
your fellow believers. Each week
something new is emphasized, and
you learn how important caring
really is.
You learn what it means to love
as Christ loved, how you can
praise the Lord, and how you can
minister to others. You also learn
cept Stonehill, who makes Don
Knotts look laid-back.)
Two: the bass player, Marty,
used to be a BeeGee. (it's true, he
even let me feel his vocal chords.)
Three: they don't think that
they are the greatest thing to hap-pen
since George Romeros.
Four: Yes, Randy Stonehill still
drives a Granada. (it's on its last
wheel...)
Five: Christian musicians are
usually much more fun after a
concert, when the work is over.
Many will say, no doubt, that a
concert of such decibelistic pro-portions
cannot be said to be truly
glorifying to Christ. I don't know
for sure, one way or another, but I
guess if football players can claim
to hit other football players for
"the Glory of God," then maybe
Christians can play high energy
rock for the Kingdom too.
One thing for sure, though, if
God rates our works by the enthu-siasm
and energy we put into
them, Amos and Randy came out
on top.
what the effects of depression are,
and how they can tear apart the
body of Christ. But you also learn
how you can help prevent depres-sion,
and build up one another in
love.
Soon this special time comes to
an end, while melodies are still
ringing, and the lesson is still en-graved
upon your heart. Your
time together closes with a time of
prayer. After the closing prayer is
said, many people slowly filter out
to go back to dorms, townhouses,
and homes. But you still remain to
watch the candles slowly fade, and
to reflect and share with a few
others that remain what you have
learned.
Finally, you leave also, know-ing
in your heart that you have the
strength to face another day, ano-ther
week, because you have been
in the presence of the Lord, and
with Him all things are possible.
This story is a real life definition
of "Catacombs" today. The actu-al
definition of Catacombs is a
series of underground tunnels
with recesses for graves. These
were used by the Jews as a place of
refuge during the times of great
persecution.
In these underground tunnels
the Jews would hide and try to
maintain life. There they were
protected and safe, and could
worship their God in peace. Al-though
some were discovered and
persecuted, others remained and
tried to survive, living in a foreign
place with turmoil and darkness
surrounding them.
Catacombs has a special signif-icance
for us because it is our re-fuge
away from our weekly pro-blems
and pressures. It is a place
where we can come and meet God
and obtain strength and guidance
for the week ahead.
We hope that you will come and
join us this semester on Sunday
nights at 10:00 p.m., in the recrea-tion
room. Make Catacombs a re-warding
part of your college ex-perience.
Shelly
Nielsen
Groovy "good old days"
beat out dullsville 80's
by Shelly Nielsen
I'm 21 and alarmed. A month ago, the theater cashier rang up $1.20
and nonchalantly handed me a scanty bag of popcorn. I exploded into a
senile tangent.
"A dollar twenty! For this? Used to be I could buy a whole tub for 60
cents! Shee! Nothing's as good as it used to be."
Suddenly, I stopped, feeling decrepit...realizing—in horror—what I
had become: a victim of the "good old days" syndrome. Already.
Before my first tube of Polygrip.
If only things were like they used to be, I tell myself and everyone with
ears, we'd be happy. There'd be peace on earth...steaks in the freezer...
love, not war.
We hindsighted 50's babies-60's byproducts have a couple of un-disputable
maxims: Clothes used to be better. (If God had meant us to
wear designer jeans, He'd have created us all with cigarette legs.) Movies
used to be better. (How do you improve on classics? What purer artistic
entertainment than "The Tingler" and "The It From Outer Space"?)
We kids used to be better. (I'd have done anything for a Dairy Queen
"Buster Bar." We were so simple, so wholesome!)
I, personally, could spend the rest of this unpleasant decade chewing
tobacco, spitting, and telling tales about the old times when you could
buy a 3-card, 2-wad bubble gum pack for 5 cents. So my good old days
aren't so old. Why wait? The earlier we start this mental exercise, the
more remarkable attributes we'll eventually be able to identify and harp
about.
What do today's deprived kids do for thrills? They sleep till their
chrome clock radios wake them early Saturday morning (plastic was
good enough for us), and watch pathetic, trashy cartoons: Plasticman,
Captain Caveman, Scooby and Scrappy Doo...
Not like the high quality drama we watched. You gotta wonder how a
generation unexposed to the animated exploits of SuperChicken and
Mighty Mouse will turn out. Frankly, I'm frightened.
In the old days you could paint your house lavendar, aqua, or pink
without the neighbors organizing into a lynch mob. You could saturate
yourself with pre-sweetened Kool-Aid, for pennies a quart, in good con-science.
Even pacifism seemed more creative then. I have sweet
memories of walking to church without a pistol in my patent leather
purse.
But the aspect of the old days everyone defends most is fashion. Bell
bottoms, that first miniskirt, that mod ivy league suit. We were so sensi-ble
then. A week ago—maybe you remember—I staged my annual back-to-
the-good-old-days strike. I dragged out of my box of 60's
memorabilia, and tried to put myself in a flower child frame of mind.
My interrogative roommate calmly watched me do the "pony" wildly
around the apartment to "I'm a Believer," full volume.
"Where are the green fishnet stockings? I distinctly remember green
fishnet stockings." •
I pulled up one leg of my maroon stretch pants. "Right here."
"And the go-go boots?"
"I'll put them on later, with the white lipstick. What do you think of
the funky shoulder bag?"
She remained politely silent. "Any special reason why you're doing
this?"
"It's a good old days protest," I informed her. "Why should I allow
my creative lifestyle to be hampered by the masses—those mindless, fad-following,
Redford-loving progressives? I want to be groovy, far out,
and outta sight."
The,"Three's Company" theme song swelled from the TV. Suddenly, I
was ripping off my "Peace" T-shirt and love beads, and galloping
toward the screen. The allures of technological and literary excellence!
Sometimes I'm sure I'm a hopeless modernist.
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Page 6 names & faces
Student leaders selected for'80-'8
Student Senate Executive Board: Warren Barber, treasurer; Cindy Robinson, secretary; Caryl
Brown, vice president; Dave Lucas, president (Photo by Tom Twining)
Sandi Covert, next year's Passages editor (Photo by Tom Twin-ing)
Clarion Editor Joy Banta and Associate Editor Jay Russell New Campus Coordinators Frank Sanza and Cindy Stipe (Photo by Tom Twining)
(Photo by Doug Barkey)
Air force alters freshman's lifestyle increases motivation
by Juan Ramos
Wayne Erickson, from Ando-ver,
Minnesota, attended Bethel
College during the 1978-79 school
year as a freshman. Instead of
returning the following Sep-tember,
Wayne enlisted in the
United States Air Force. Airman
Erickson is currently stationed at
Grand Forks Air Force Base in
North Dakota as a security po-liceman.
During a recent visit to Bethel,
Erickson (sporting a rather con-servative
military haircut) stated
that he wanted experience in law
enforcement, as his main reason
for enlisting. "My career goal is to
be a game warden," said Erick-son.
Educational benefits were also a
factor in his decision. The Air
Force pays 75 per cent of his tui-tion
while he is in the service. He
is presently taking night courses at
the University of North Dakota.
The Veteran's Education Assis-tance
Program (VEAP) takes an
allotment out of an airman's pay-check
and at the end of the four-year
time matches the alloted
amount $2.
When asked about the rigors of
basic training or "boot-camp,"
Erickson called it a "piece of
cake." For him there was no phy-sical
strain although the stripping
of individualism did bother him.
He did see it as an effective way of
equalizing. Beds are fixed the
same way, clothes are hung and
folded the same way.
The notorious first haircut was
described by Erickson as "disas-terous!"
"It took about 30 sec-onds
and it feels like sandpaper!
Then they make sure that you see
what you look like because there
are mirrors all over the place," re-called
Erickson.
Erickson found it difficult to
share his faith because, "They
keep you too busy!" Lights go out
at 9 p.m. and the barracks are in-dividually
monitored during night
hours for anyone talking after
lights out. Ironically, the worst
part for him was boredom.
Presently, Erickson finds living
conditions on an Air Force base
about the same as living in a dorm
at Bethel. Contrary to popular be-lief,
he finds that the food is
"good and cheap." When asked
about girls, Erickson remarked,
"A lot of people make jokes
about Bethel girls, but compared
to them (women in the Air Force),
Bethel girls are dreamboats!" He
described many as "airheads."
As far as fellowship goes,
Erickson has one close friend who
is not a Christian. The on-base
chapel caters more to families.
Spiritual reinforcement is difficult
with "so much stuff that is ugly
and evil around you." Sharing his
faith is frustrating, but Erickson
feels there is definitely a need for
Christians in the service because
"People are hungry here." He
misses the people at Bethel.
His advice to anyone consider-ing
enlisting is to get a more realis-tic
picture of what military life is •
life. "The recruiter is a salesman;
it's his job. If you're interested in
a particular job, try to get into an
Air Base to find out what it's really
like."
The Air Force has increased
Erickson's self-motivation. He
does intend to finish his schooling
while in the service. He finds it
difficult to contend with the lack
of freedom because unlike college,
"You can't quit simply because
you don't like it."
Regarding the draft, Erickson
stated, "The age of patriotism is
gone, but if the draft is reinstated,
a man should go where he is call-ed."
He has not personally re-solved
the issue of killing another
person as yet.
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The Smashers of the intramural volleyball league have not lost in two years. Here Bo Cedersjo
spikes, while teammates observe.
Pizza, movies entertain socialites
Wow! Bob and I were so ex-hausted
after the Rod Stewart
concert, but we decided that we
couldn't stop just yet! So on Sa-turday
evening, the 26th, we have
"Movie Mania" for you. What a
great evening it's going to be!
We'll be showing the movie,
"Heaven Can Wait," and serve
pizza afterwards for everyone!
This all begins at 8 p.m. in the
gym for $1.50 per person. Pop
will be an extra $.25/can.
Bring your bean friends, your
bag chairs, and pillows if you wish
to make your stay more comforta-ble.
Come and join our full house!
The tickets to the Imperials'
concert have been and will con-tinue
to be on sale for $4.50 at the
C.C. office up through May 2nd.
The $4.50 price is the middle-priced
ticket (regularly $5.00 at
the door or $5.50 at Dayton's),
and the seats we have are pretty
decent.
The concert will be held at the
Minneapolis Auditorium at 8
p.m. The bus will leave at 7 p.m.,
but you must sign up ahead of
time by the C.C. office in order to
reserve a seat on the bus. Don't
miss the last great concert of the
year!
P.S. We hope that all of you
who went to Spring Formal had a
really great time! For next year,
we thought it would be fun to see
Part II of "The King and I," how-ever,
we'll probably visit a dif-ferent
Jr. High.
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues Roseville, Mn.
Worship Services at 9:00 & 11:15 AM
Sunday School at 10:00 AM (Special College-age Class
(See posters for church bus schedule)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone - 631-0211
Wayne Abbott won for Bethel's only point in a 8-1 thrashing at
the hands of Concordia/Moorhead.
The Royal baseball team stands 2-8 after drubbing Macalester
twice last Saturday and then losing to Augsburg 6-1 and 11-4 on
Tuesday. Saturday Bethel faces Hamline at Bremer field.
Against Augsburg, Bethel hit well (18 hits) but hurt themselves
with mental and physical errors. Tom Weke pitched well in the
first game (Photo Doug Barkey)
Robyn Erbst applies a tag too late in Wednesday softball action (Photo by Dan Velie).
sports Page 8
Softball evens record
and gains experience
Grid coach
to be hired
by early May
by Steve Erickson
by Carol Madison
After suffering two initial losses
of the season to Dr. Martin
Luther College, experience has
started to set in and the women's
softball team has evened their
record at 3-3.
Bethel lost to DML 11-2 and 8-2
in the first outing as a team that
has only four returning players.
The inexperience showed as the
Royals were out-hit 19-10, and
committed 13 errors against one
error for DML in the first game.
"It was the first college game
for five of our starters, including
the pitcher and catcher, and our
biggest problem was just not
knowing what to do," said Coach
Marcia LaRock.
Chris Johnson, Tami Miller and
Laura Kreutzfeldt each had two
hits.
The Royals decreased their er-rors
to four in the second game,
but faced a quicker pitcher and
were again out-hit 10-3.
Bethel needed only 31/2 innings
to dispose of Macalester 18-0.
Bethel overwhelmed the Macs in
the first inning by scoring 16 runs,
and Macalester could only
manage two hits the entire game.
Julie Murphy and Laura
Kreutzfeldt led the Royal hitting
spree with three hits each.
Bethel appeared to be intimi-dated
at the play by Augsburg as
they lost 11-0. Facing the quickest
pitching foe yet, the team could
only manage three hits.
Augsburg scored eight runs in
the first inning, helped by Bethel's
four errors, and the Auggies
strong pitcher wouldn't allow
Bethel back into the game after
that.
The needed experience began to
show in the game against College
of St. Benedict, and the Royals
started to work together as a team
in defeating St. Bens 11-8.
After falling behind 4-2 in the
third inning, Bethel came back to
score five runs in the sixth to stay
on top for good. Gail Heinsch
kept a rally alive by getting a
pinch-hit single in the sixth with
two outs.
Julie Stake turned in a strong
performance at the plate by going
3 for 4, with two doubles and four
RBI's. Julie Murphy was also 3
for 4.
Bethel defeated St. Paul Bible
6-3, but had problems offensively
as they faced a much slower pit-cher
than in previous games.
While the faster pitchers
sometimes intimidated the Royals,
they became over-anxious with a
slow pitcher and had trouble ad-justing.
Julie Stake again led the hitting
with two, while scoring two runs.
"We only committed two errors
in the last two games, so we're
playing cleaner and better ball in
terms of defense," said LaRock.
"What we really lack is a power
hitter. But we are beginning to
play together and the experience is
shoWing."
by Carol Madison
The women's track team
continues to put together strong
team and individual performances
in the outdoor season as school
records and regional qualifying
times are set in several events.
Sherrie Lindquist and Lynn Se-verson
each qualified for the re-gionals
at Thief River Falls. Lind-quist's
time of 11.7 in the 100 was
also a school record. Severson ran
the 200 meters in 26.7.
Sophomore Sara Barker ruled
the discus with a toss of 140 feet,
which was a school record and
qualified her for the regionals.
She is just five feet from the state
record and 14 feet off the qualify-ing
mark for the nationals. With
two more years of competition
left, Barker can look forward to
more success in both the discus
and shot put. •
Bethel then traveled to St.
among nine teams at the Gustavus
Cinder Open.
Regional qualifiers were Ellie
Abbott in the 3-mile, and Sheila
Kroon in the javelin, with a school
record.
Lynn Severson was Bethel's
lone first place finisher with a time
of 27.78 in the 220. Those finish-ing
second included Burgess in the
100-meter hurdles, Theresa Mere-dith
in the 440, Sension in the high
jump and Barker in shot and dis-cus.
The 880-medley and 440-relay
teams also took second.
Sension captured third in the ja-velin
and long jump, as did the
1-mile relay team.
The Royals will compete at the
private college invitational tomor-row
at Macalester.
Running in the Norsemen Re-lays
Saturday at Luther College in
Iowa, the Bethel trackmen fin-ished
seventh in a field of 13. Ear-lier
in the week the Royals took
top honors at a meet by edging
out River Falls and Golden Val-ley.
At Luther, Greg Stipe placed
second in the javelin, recording a
personal best of 201'10". Stipe,
who will miss the Bethel Relays to
participate in a decathlon at Eau
Claire, also had a personal best
46'3" in the triple jump to finish
fourth. At RV he placed first in
the javelin and long jump.
The relay teams did well, finish-ing
fifth, sixth, sixth, and ninth.
The four-mile relay of Ross Allen,
Dwight Newman, Randy
Bostrom, and Jim Feleen set a
school record.
Phil Asay placed second in the
triple jump with a leap of 47'10",
four days after he had set a school
With the decision expected in
early May, three candidates re-main
in the running for the head
football coach position.
The three are Dudley Lutton,
head coach at Rocky Mountain
College in Billings, Montana, Jim
Lind, assistant coach at St. John's
in Collegeville, and Joe Broecker,
assistant coach at the University
of Richmond in Virginia. Approx-imately
12 individuals formally
applied and many others sent ini-tial
inquiries.
The 28-year-old Lutton, RMC's
coach for the last three years, was
at one time the youngest head
mentor in the nation. He also
serves in the admissions depart-ment
as a counselor.
Lind, who coached the Johnnie
defense under John Gagliardi last
year, is completing his masters in
health and physical,education. In
addition, he has coached wrestling
and track at both St. Cloud State
and in the Minnesota high school
league.
Broecker holds his doctorate,
having taught in a number of
fields, most recently the psych-ology
of sport. Besides assisting at
Richmond, he has extensive
coaching experience at Pacific Lu-theran
and as defensive end coach
at Baylor University under Grant
Teaff.
According to Athletic Director
George Henry, all have a strong
Christian commitment and a de-sire
to coach at a Christian school.
Lutton will visit Bethel this
weekend while Lind will be here
next Monday and Tuesday and
Broecker sometime in early May.
The athletic department also is
screening applicants for athletic
trainer, women's athletic director
and other positions.
outdoor record at River Falls
(47'111/2").
In the high jump, Jason Vel-gersdyk
took third at 6'6". The
school record is 6'7" and Velgers-dyk
was over at 6'8" but his heels
came down on the bar. He
jumped 6'4" at River Falls, also
finishing third.
Keith Johnson placed first in
the 440 intermediate hurdles at
RV and fourth with a better time
at Luther.
Other strong finishers at RV
were Paul Otto, who had a slight
muscle pull and did not compete
at Luther, Feleen, Allen, Brian
Galloway, Scott Lumby, Joel
Rude, and Dave Fuglestad. Otto
won both the 220 and 440 while
Galloway took the 880 and Asay
the high hurdles.
Winning by nearly three and
one-half seconds, the mile relay
(Otto, Johnson, Galloway, and
Don Hauser) ran a 3:30.2.
Cloud and ran well against the
speed of St. Cloud, as well as
Bemidji State and Augsburg.
The 440-relay team of Lind-quist,
Severson, Jennifer Burgess
and Deb Sension placed second
and set a record at 52.2, only .8
seconds away from regional quali-fying.
School records were also set
by Ellie Abbott at 19:23 in the
5,000 meters and Wendy Norberg
with a time of 11:21 in the 3,000.
Both placed first and also quali-fied
for regionals with those
times. Jennifer Burgess did like-wise
in the 400 meter hurdles with
a time of 1:08.45. She set a record
and placed 2nd in the 100 meter
hurdles at 16.5.
Barker won the discus and set a
record in the shot put at 39'11",
and Deb Sension placed in the
high jump.
Bethel failed to edge out Gusta-vus
in the fmal meet of the week,
and had to settle for second
Women qualify for regionals
More records broken
by men's track team